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Applying data envelopment analysis to preventive medicine: a novel method for constructing a personalized risk model of obesity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Narimatsu Hiroto, Nakata Yoshinori, Nakamura Sho, Sato Hidenori, Sho Ri, Otani Katsumi, Kawasaki Ryo, Kubota Isao, Ueno Yoshiyuki, Kato Takeo, Yamashita Hidetoshi, Fukao Akira, Kayama Takamasa
Abstract excerpt
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a method of operations research that has not yet been applied in the field of obesity research. However, DEA might be used to evaluate individuals' susceptibility to obesity, which could help establish effective risk models for the onset of obesity. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the feasibility of applying DEA to predict obesity, by calculating efficiency scores...
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